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China: Share of electricity generation from coal

54.79percent · 2025-21.7% since 2015

Electricity generated from coal as a share of total generation. Annual figures for China from 1985 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202554.788
202458.218
202361.273
202261.614
202162.867
202063.662
201965.115
201866.958
201767.612
201668.26
201569.994
201472.96
201375.452
201275.522
201178.737
201077.298
200978.379
200877.491
200780.959
200680.343
200579.198
200478.174
200379.556
200277.544
200176.252
200078.213
199978.244
199876.407
199776.353
199676.221
199573.671
199474.737
199372.602
199275.249
199173.564
199071.032
198969.264
198868.534
198768.346
198666.65
198563.465

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Share of electricity generation from coal. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-coal (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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